CRAFTY SUNDAY

Well its that time again on sunday when i share with you all crafty things i have made this week.  I have been really busy at work so not had that much time to craft but did manage a few things.  Starting with this beachbag that someone has asked me to make for them.   

Next is another lazy days skirt for my little girl made with some funky fabric bought from here.  She is also wearing the beautiful hairslides made by the very talented kandipandi. if you haven't seen her blog you really should pop over to it.  There is a link on my sidebar.

and finally i went to a candle party on friday night and as a little treat for the hostess i took her some homemade cookies.  Of course i couldn't just give the cookies in a plastic bag so i had to make a little display and attached a scented heart i made.

EAT YOUR HEART OUT NEXT!!

I just had to post this picture i took yesterday of my little girl wearing the skirt i made her earlier in the week!.  I was so chuffed when someone asked me where i got my daughters lovely skirt from yesterday when we were out!!  I have to say it does look better when on.  Guess what i will be making later....

Whilst we were out i let Lili pick some fabric to make a skirt and i think she is definately going to take after me as she was obsessed with the buttons on the stall and i ended up buying her some dog, flower and sparkly heart ones.  We spent yesterday afternoon making her a necklace with a bead set she already had.  She has put one of the dog buttons in the middle and it looks quite

sweet.

EASY PEASY SKIRT & PURSE

I hope everyone has had a lovely bank holiday weekend.  Of course today is the first day of school holidays and of course its chucking it down here - like i expected anything else!!.  Anyhow my best friend came up from Kent this weekend and called over on sunday.  I showed her the bag i made last week and she loved it so i said she could have it.  I thought it would be nice to make her a matching purse so which i will post onto her.

I also bought Lili some tops from Next for our holiday and was about to buy a red and white skirt to match and then thought what am i doing i can make one just as good (ok probably not as good but i can kid myself!!).  So i made this skirt which is using the lazy days skirt tutorial but using a ribbon for the waist that ties on the outside.

El Scorchio

Well what a gorgeous weekend it has been.  i haven't really got much sewing or crafting done as i have took the opportunity to start sorting the garden out whilst it has been nice any excuse to hit the sunshine!!.  I did manage to make another lazy days skirt though which my little girl loves.

Little girls Lazy day skirt by Oliver + S

I thought i would have a go at a skirt for my little girl using the free pattern on the Oliver + S website. It was really easy and quick to make and seems to have turned out quite well(so i made two!!)  If you fancy making one this is the link to the tutorial  here

I added a yo yo and ribbon to the linen one to make it look a bit more fancy.

A simple skirt for my little girl

I have never made a skirt before so i thought i'd have a go at making a simple one for my little girl.  It was easy enough to make and i just cut strips of cotton out and then did a simple large running stich along the top of each and then gathered it. I didn't follow any particular pattern and didn't even measure out my strips i just guessed at the lengths. There are a few minor faults but nothing at all noticable and Lili si chuffed as mint balls.  The fabric was free from a kind lady on freecycle so hasn't even cost me anything to make(bonus :-)).

I have also bought a zipper foot yesterday so might even get round to trying out zips soon - Ha no stopping me now!.  Watch this space.........